For anyone researching a franchise, we understand how important it is to get feedback from current franchise owners. To expedite this process we invited all Adventures in Advertising franchisees to participate in our independent franchisee satisfaction survey. 195 franchise owners elected to participate (approximately 64%). We asked them over 40 critical questions about their franchise business.
Adventures in Advertising Franchise, LLC is a network of 310 franchised executive level sales offices. AIA is the largest franchise in its category, has been ranked Number 1 by Entrepreneur Magazine, the Number 4 Large Franchise by Franchise Business Review and is one of the Top 10 distributors in the nation since 1998.
AIA offers a low-overhead, home based franchise selling promotional products to business owners, VP of Advertising / Marketing, Advertising and Public relations agencies and more. The promotional products industry is $19B annually and growing. Adventures in Advertising makes the client’s marketing budget work harder. We offer 1,000’s of new and unique products from 100’s for national brand name manufacturers to meet the client repeated needs throughout the year.
The company publishes a strong item 19 with exceptionally postive validation by its franchisees. Average office sales are $405K, top 100 offices exceed $829K, average gross margin 35.6%. The franchise system includes an initial training and office launch program during the first 180 days of operation, quarterly updates highlighting the best practices of its high performing franchisees and provides working capital enabling franchisees to serve any size client or order.
No geographic limitations. Single Unit Sales Only. Projected New Units (12 months): 20
FINANCIAL/TERMS
Franchise Fee: $30K
Royalty: 8 – 6% declining on monthly sales
Ad: not applicable at this time
Average # of Employees: owner operated, grow with success
Passive Ownership: not applicable
Earnings Claim: Yes, very strong.
SUPPORT & TRAINING PROVIDED
Financial Assistance Provided: Franchisor supplies working capital
Site Selection Assistance: NA, home based
Lease Negotiation Assistance: NA
Co-operative Advertising: NA at this time
Training: Extensive training and office launch during first 180 days of operation including one week primary training, advanced training, strategic sales plan development, office set-up, initial local marketing campaign, personal visits, assigned to Regional Sales Director and Customer Service Rep., Tele conference assistance, web based seminars, etc.
